81 FR 9212 - 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Manufactured Housing Survey

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 36 (February 24, 2016)

HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9212-9213]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03912]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5909-N-06]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Manufactured 
Housing Survey

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-
free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on October 
2, 2015 at 80 FR 59810.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Manufactured Housing Survey.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0029.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: C-MH-9A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Manufactured Housing Survey collects data on new manufactured homes 
that are sold or leased for residential use. The survey tracks 
shipments of manufactured homes to dealers and the sales price and 
characteristics of sampled units. Beginning in fiscal year 2015, 
dealers are contacted once to obtain sales price and characteristics of 
the unit. If the unit has been placed by the time Census contacts the 
dealer, additional placement data are collected. Other selected housing 
characteristics collected include size, location, and titling. HUD uses 
the statistics to respond to a Congressional mandate in the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 5424 note, which requires 
HUD to collect and report manufactured home sales and price information 
for the nation, census regions, states, and selected metropolitan areas 
and to monitor whether new manufactured homes are being placed on owned 
rather than rented lots. HUD also uses these data to monitor total 
housing production and its affordability. Furthermore, the Manufactured 
Housing Survey serves as the basis for HUD's mandated indexing of loan 
limits. Section 2145 (b) of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act 
(HERA) of 2008 requires HUD to develop a method of indexing to annually 
adjust Title I manufactured home loan limits. This index is based on 
manufactured housing price data collected by this survey. Section 2145 
of the HERA of 2008 also amends the maximum loan limits for 
manufactured home loans insured under Title I. HUD implemented the 
revised loan limits, as shown below, for all manufactured home loans 
for which

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applications are received on or after March 3, 2009.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Business firms or other for-
profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,860.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 4,860.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Average Hours per Response: .20 minutes.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 1,620.
    Hourly Cost Per Response: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: The only cost to respondents is their 
time. The annual cost of the survey is $404,000.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 42 U.S.C. 5424 note, Title 13 U.S.C. Section 
8(b), and Title 12, U.S.C., Section 1701z-1.

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                   Loan type                                 Purpose              Old loan limit  New loan limit
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MANUFACTURED HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN............  For financing alterations,               $17,500         $25,090
                                                 repairs and improvements upon
                                                 or in connection with existing
                                                 manufactured homes.
MANUFACTURED HOME UNIT(S).....................  To purchase or refinance a                48,600          69,678
                                                 Manufactured Home unit (s).
LOT LOAN......................................  To purchase and develop a lot on          16,200          23,226
                                                 which to place a manufactured
                                                 home unit.
COMBINATION LOAN FOR LOT AND HOME.............  To purchase or refinance a                64,800          92,904
                                                 manufactured home and lot on
                                                 which to place the home.
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. HUD 
encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these 
questions.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35.

    Dated: February 19, 2016.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
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